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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.
* i) k) F% ~8 i6 J: C6 P$ K. Q+ _5 D我在「塔杰」商店閒逛時,看到收銀員將一些錢退還給小男孩。
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. [2 P3 t+ u4 `8 x, N5 N7 @0 a# OThe boy couldn ' t have been more than 5 or 6 years old." Y' V& h3 d, R5 V6 z7 u% v' Y
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The Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '
. z7 x- y- Y! D& u/ e4 l; s收銀員說:『抱歉!你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』
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7 S/ L5 L) _ V3 K6 T9 U" e# \Then the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,! [ n c1 j* h e5 n8 Z; U( ]
are you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '7 C( U1 a( a/ r% r9 J
小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人:
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「奶奶!妳也認為我的錢不 嗎?」/ d' @3 K1 w# b+ @8 m
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The old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '( r$ K5 X! L- |/ f
老婦人回道:「親愛的!你知道買這個娃娃的錢是不夠的。」
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Then she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.
3 Q5 |7 L) w! n+ p1 _0 K8 I3 W7 z. m她要小男孩呆在那裡5分鐘,她一下就回來。 她迅速離開了。
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1 D' z$ V/ u8 h( vThe little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.$ J8 M1 P$ _5 V0 X: G0 S
小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。
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8 a7 ]5 y. F1 u2 D, t. EFinally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.( _) M- C; H: f0 O! h
最後我向他走去,問他這個娃娃你想給誰。 ( D$ S% n; X# c- g% J$ Z
3 s6 C ], G0 w$ H'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.7 k% S- A$ I% L/ x x
『這是我妹妹的最愛,非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。6 O7 \0 {$ I$ z# P+ v, _: b' M- W
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She was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '
3 G! v; C! K; {1 e3 L) `她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」
" s- ]7 F, R* ^; q" aI replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.: t+ ~9 }2 _1 Y/ J8 A5 P) k5 T
我告訴他不用擔心,聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。% z* E5 L/ j. L! ?
3 u6 p4 E9 O% H( m8 pBut he replied to me sadly. ' No, Santa Claus can ' t bring it to her where she is now. I have to give the doll to my mommy so that she can give it to my sister when she goes there. '# G4 t/ ?# D, {( a6 Z5 A9 K
但他哀傷地回答我『不!聖誕老人不可能將它帶到她現在的地方給她。我必須將娃娃交給我媽,當她去那裡的時候可以給我妹妹。』; |( ~) V: {- Z+ X' i
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His eyes were so sad while saying this. ' My Sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says that Mommy is going to see God very soon too, so I thought that she could take the doll with her to give it to my sister. ' '
+ |: D7 B* f$ X8 h0 G1 X他說話時的眼睛是哀傷的。『我妹妹已經和上帝在一起。爸爸說 媽媽很快也將要去見上帝,因此我認為她可以將娃娃帶給我妹妹。』
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My heart nearly stopped.
' q& @1 s1 V" a" t" [5 x我的心臟幾乎要停止了。% k% o6 j+ P3 K/ ^7 [
\9 c5 v0 N+ h/ mThe little boy looked up at me and said: ' I told daddy to tell mommy not to go yet. I need her to wait until I come back from the mall. '
( l! d4 _2 d1 E小男孩看我說:『我叫爸爸告訴媽媽現在不要走,讓她等我從購物中心回來。』/ O; a! F% \( B" Q4 F0 ~
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Then he showed me a very nice photo of himself. He was laughing. He then told me ' I want mommy to take my picture with her so she won ' t forget me. '
* ?9 @) o0 ] u2 L: C+ R然後他拿出一張他自己非常漂亮的相片給我看。他笑著告訴我『我要媽媽帶著我的相片,這樣她就不會忘記我了。』
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'I love my mommy and I wish she didn ' t have to leave me, but daddy says that she has to go to be with my little sister. '
& ?7 @3 p& U% u( K' \, A- b+ Q『我愛我的媽媽,我希望她不要離開我,但是爸爸說她必須去找我妹妹。』+ U4 Y) [0 h5 u) K
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Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.
* E7 R; B2 |) e6 o" j然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。
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I quickly reached for my wallet and said to the boy. ' Suppose we check again, just in case you do have enough money for the doll! ' '
9 C9 i% {! P/ V我趕緊摸著錢包對小男孩說『我們再檢查一下,說不定您有足夠的錢買玩偶! 』
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'OK ' he said, ' I hope I do have enough. ' I added some of my money to his without him seeing and we started to count it. There was enough for the doll and even some spare money.$ ?) _7 U5 |- u2 B
『好呀!』他說『我希望有足夠的錢』。沒讓他看見,我塞了一些錢到他的錢包中,我們開始數錢。買娃娃的錢足 了,甚之還有剩餘呢。
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The little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! ': h7 _; f6 U; w
小男孩說:『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』
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6 f8 X2 q% E" M3 x0 l# r' KThen he looked at me and added, ' I asked last night before I went to sleep for God to make sure I had enough money to buy this doll, so that mommy could give it to my sister. He heard me! ' '5 [) p- H3 T* @
然而他看著我補充說『昨晚睡前,我要求上帝讓我的錢能足夠買這個娃娃,因此媽媽能將它帶給我妹妹。祂聽見我了! 』
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'I also wanted to have enough money to buy a white rose for my mommy, but I didn ' t dare to ask God for too much. But He gave me enough to buy the doll and a white rose. ' '
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『我也想有足夠的錢買一朵白玫瑰給我媽媽,但我不敢要求上帝太多。但祂給的錢足 買娃娃和一朵白玫瑰了。』* e J4 g# O3 |4 a. M' |
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'My mommy loves white roses. '
& \, m3 R+ E- \- V7 U4 r M『我媽媽喜歡白玫瑰』。
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A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.
$ x2 C; d; m1 s b幾分鐘後,老婦人回來了。我也就提了購物籃離開了。
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1 v* {3 w4 O2 O, F( BI finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.' i V9 s- u4 ?# I
我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。
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I couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.
' |+ p8 T8 j7 I) i; T5 ^小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。
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% O: c" e) i8 Z2 jThen I remembered a local news paper article two days ago, which mentioned a drunk man in a truck, who hit a car occupied by a young
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我想起兩天前當地報紙的一篇文章,提及一位醉酒卡車司機,撞上了一輛載著年輕少婦和一個小女孩的汽車。
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. G8 ^, F: y7 X% V: w! ]' eThe little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical5 s% w- i/ J( l8 u% A$ Y% p
state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the
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小女孩當場死亡,母親呈現彌留狀態。 這個家庭必須決定是否要拔出維持生命機器的插管+ N% V; ?1 Q- B$ e6 X9 E
,因為年輕少婦不可能從昏迷中恢復。# G. ~( `& d9 U, Z) K r+ w( e
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Two days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away.
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: J: J% {0 n* i2 h7 x g* q7 kI couldn ' t stop myself as I bought a bunch of white roses and I went to the funeral home where the body of the young woman was for people to see and make last wishes before her burial.
' Z+ E+ V# ?/ F* l9 o2 w我不自主的買了一束白玫瑰,來到喪家,年輕少婦的遺體在她埋葬前讓人瞻仰與最後許願。
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She was there, in her coffin, holding a beautiful white rose in her hand with the photo of the little boy and the doll placed over her chest.5 U% q# @- D: p
她在那裡,裝在棺木中,在她的手中握著一朵白玫瑰和小男孩的相片,娃娃則放置在她的胸口。
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1 p7 }, s, [7 u$ ^I left the place, teary-eyed, feeling that my life had been changed for ever.. The love that the little boy had for his mother and his sister is+ y5 a- Z( ~- ?: F
still, to this day, hard to imagine.& R5 J2 ^& X% x3 x( B E8 i1 A( o
我離開了這裡,眼淚奪眶而出,覺得我的人生已經永遠改變了。至今,小男孩對他母親和妹妹的愛,仍然難以想像。# Y& h) V" c6 e6 d, B8 n6 m% W/ l
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And in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.
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